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Retail
Easter’s Gone Luxe and the Chocolate Is Driving

Easter used to be a foil-wrapped bunny, a department-store dress and a brunch reservation...

Cybersecurity
Critics: Circle Failed to Block Drift Hack Transfer

Stablecoin issuer Circle is under fire from critics who say the company could have moved faster...

Regulation
FTC Prioritizes Children’s Online Safety in 5-Year Strategic Plan

The Federal Trade Commission’s new strategic plan, which covers the next five years, modified the...

Security & Fraud
FBI Classifies Breach of Its Networks as Major Incident

The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) has classified a breach of its networks as...

Partnerships
One Inc and ManageMy Power Digital Payments for Insurance

One Inc and ManageMy have partnered to help insurance companies leverage digital payment capabilities. Get the Full...

Digital Payments
Digital Money Has a New Payment Standard and It’s Not...

Digital payments have traditionally been a story of interfaces. Whether tapping a connected device...

Business
UK FinTechs VibePay and Smartlayer Close Down

U.K. FinTechs VibePay and Smartlayer have shut down, according to media reports. Get the Full Story Complete the...

artificial intelligence
The One-Person Billion-Dollar Company Is Here

It used to take large teams and years to build a billion-dollar company. Now...

Business
Saks Global Secures $500 Million Commitment for Summer Bankruptcy Exit

Saks Global has secured $500 million in exit financing from a group of its senior...

Acquisitions
Anthropic Targets BioTech Growth With $400 Million Coefficient Bio Buy

Anthropic has acquired Coefficient Bio, an artificial intelligence (AI) BioTech startup founded last fall,...

Blockchain
Why Fortune 500 Firms Are Becoming Blockchain Validators

Crypto going corporate is shining a spotlight on the sector’s more technical components. Get...

Loans
Social Media Platforms Turn Users Into Borrowers

The front door to financial services is widening to include social media platforms, marked...

Cryptocurrency
Tether Sets 2-Week Deadline for $500 Billion Valuation Deal

Stablecoin issuer Tether will likely postpone its current fundraising effort if too few investors...

artificial intelligence
Your Daily Life Is Now a Data Product. Companies Are...

When Zeus, a medical student in central Nigeria, comes home from the hospital, he...

Acquisitions
OpenAI Buys Tech Talk Show TBPN in Media Expansion

OpenAI is making an unexpected media move, buying Silicon Valley tech talk show TBPN...

PYMNTS Data Lab
Amazon’s Discretionary Surge Is Redrawing the Retail Battle

Retail is accounting for a smaller share of total consumer spending compared to recent...

Fraud Prevention
How Visa Helps Businesses Stay Ahead of Payment Fraud

Payments are supposed to feel easy: tap, click, approve, move on. But behind that...

artificial intelligence
The New Power Broker in Consumer Decisions Is AI

The history of technology is littered with winners and losers. The winners typically have...

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